Risk Claims and Insurance Liason

Job Summary

A healthcare services organization in Pasadena, CA is seeking a Risk, Claims and Insurance Liaison for a temp-to-hire opportunity supporting a high-impact risk management function. This role is ideal for a healthcare claims, insurance, or risk management professional who enjoys investigative work, detailed documentation, cross-functional communication, and supporting patient safety and organizational accountability.

The Risk, Claims and Insurance Liaison will work closely with risk management leadership, clinical teams, safety officers, legal counsel, insurance carriers, medical staff, and finance partners to support claims intake, investigation, reporting, insurance coordination, and litigation support. This opportunity offers strong leadership visibility, meaningful interaction with clinical and legal stakeholders, and the chance to contribute to a well-established risk management program in a collaborative and professional environment.

This is a great opportunity for someone seeking a supportive team culture, stable healthcare environment, and potential long-term career path through a temp-to-hire arrangement.

Key Responsibilities

- Administer and manage professional liability, general liability, employment liability, directors and officers, auto, property, and other insurance-related claims.
- Investigate potential claim events and active claims by interviewing witnesses, preserving evidence, reviewing documentation, preparing summaries, and supporting liability assessments.
- Collaborate with risk management leadership, clinical teams, defense counsel, medical staff, finance, auditors, insurance carriers, and brokers to support claims resolution and risk mitigation.
- Maintain accurate claims documentation, calendars, databases, loss information, expense entries, indemnity transactions, reporting, and carrier notifications.
- Coordinate insurance renewals, coverage documentation, physician liability insurance verification, claims history letters, and insurance application support.
- Represent organizational interests with defense counsel in settlement conferences, mediations, small claims court, trials, and other claims-related proceedings as needed.

Compensation and Benefits

- Pay: $40.00 to $45.00 per hour.
- Job type: Temp-to-Hire.
- Location: Pasadena, CA.
- Flexibility of hours is required.

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Additional Skills

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Manage healthcare claims intake, documentation, tracking, reporting, calendaring, and claims database updates.
- Investigate professional liability, general liability, employment liability, and related healthcare claims.
- Coordinate with defense counsel, insurance carriers, brokers, medical staff, risk management teams, finance, and leadership.
- Support insurance coverage administration, renewal applications, proof of insurance requests, claims reserves, loss runs, and claims history documentation.

- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Minimum of 3 years of healthcare experience required, with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience preferred for this level.
- Experience handling professional liability, employment liability, and general liability claims required.
- Experience interacting with medical staff, legal counsel, risk managers, insurance carriers, and internal leadership required.
- Experience with insurance applications, insurance portfolio management, claims reserves, loss runs, and carrier reporting required.
- Knowledge of legal and medical terminology required.
- Strong understanding of confidential patient, employee, claims, and protected work product information required.
- Advanced word processing skills and proficiency with Windows-based software and report writing required.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple claims, projects, deadlines, stakeholders, and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to provide professional guidance to administration, medical staff, patients, and employees.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment, work with minimal supervision, problem-solve, and support continuous improvement.
- Professional demeanor with a collaborative, service-oriented approach and commitment to Just Culture practices.

Preferred Qualifications

- Current industry certification preferred.
- Current clinical license preferred.
- Clinical healthcare experience preferred.
- Experience managing directors and officers, auto, or property liability claims preferred.
- Experience with coverage analysis preferred.
- Knowledge of project management tools, database programs, spreadsheets, and graphical reporting software preferred.